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The Survival of Margaret Thomas

By: Del Howison
Narrated by: Carol Monda
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1870s - Missouri

Margaret "Peggy" Thomas and her husband, James, lead a simple and peaceful life; she tends to the farm while he works as sheriff in the nearby town of Bleak Knob. Their evenings are spent doing the thing they love most - being together.

One afternoon, after picking up fabric at the general store, Margaret watches helplessly as James is gunned down on the sidewalk in front of her. Days of mourning turn into weeks and then years, filled with little more than grief and alcohol.

A telegram, announcing the upcoming trial in Arizona of one of the men responsible for James' death, rouses the widow from her misery. Neither inexperience nor the prospect of a long and difficult journey will stop Margaret from facing her husband's killer.

Along the way, Margaret unexpectedly gains some new companions as she is joined by a free-spirited gypsy woman and a diminutive moonshiner. Together, they will face the danger and violence of the Old West, but only Margaret will be able to answer the question that's plagued her from the beginning: Is she seeking justice or revenge? Told from Margaret's dark point-of-view and in the epic tradition of True Grit comes The Survival of Margaret Thomas.

©2018 Del Howison (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Adventure Women's Fiction Marriage Western Fiction
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A very surprising treat - is the story a little improbable? Maybe, but I didn’t live in those times and it had me hooked mostly because it was different and the characters totally unalike each other in every way. It’s true - everyone has a story behind them. The voice of the narrator is well matched too. I just want to know more now about how their lives progressed further!

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This is a great tale with many unexpected twists. Loved it. The narration was excellent.

Fantastic story and narration

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This was absolutely superb, I enjoyed every bit of it. I was not expecting to love it so much, did not want it to end!

A hidden gem

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